The following four pianists will advance to the two final rounds in the Cleveland International Piano Competition. The first phase involves chamber music performances with the Escher String Quartet in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 2 and 3. In the second phase, the finalists will play concertos with Bramwell Tovey and The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall on Friday and Saturday, August 5 and 6. In performance order:

IN PERFORMANCE ORDER:

Tuesday and Friday:
Georgy Tchaidze
Nikita Mndoyants

Wednesday and Saturday
Leonardo Colafelice
Dinara Klinton

3:00 pm — Film, Argerich
Filmmaker Stéphanie Argerich follows her mother, Martha Argerich, through public concerts and private moments, searching for answers that might shed light on the private spaces of a family that has lived in the limelight of the international stage. CMA Lecture Hall. Students may purchase $5 tickets at the box office.

7:00 pm Final Round: Phase 1
Chamber Music with the Escher String Quartet. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art

Georgy Tchaidze
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, Op. 81

Nikita Mndoyants
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in f, Op. 34

Follow the live stream from Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art here.

10:30 am – Jury Roundtable Discussion. CIPC President and CEO Pierre van der Westhuizen leads the competition jurors in discussing what jurors listen for during performances and how music competitions impact careers.  Free event Cleveland Museum of Art – Lecture Hall

SEMIFINAL ROUND

SESSION 3
1:00 pm – Leonardo Colafelice
2:30 pm – Dinara Klinton

SESSION 4
7:00 pm – Jong Hai Park
8:20 pm – Tomoki Sakata

Repertory details are listed here.

Follow the live stream from Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art here.

View the contestants’ biographies here.

The following eight pianists will advance to the semifinals round in the Cleveland International Piano Competition, which begins on Sunday, July 31 with sessions at 10:30 am and 3:00 pm in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In performance order:

IN PERFORMANCE ORDER:

Alexei Tartakovsky
Georgy Tchaidze
Nikita Mndoyants
Yuanfan Yang
Leonardo Colafelice
Dinara Klinton
Jong Hai Park
Tomoki Sakata

SEMIFINAL ROUND

SESSION 1
10:30 am – Alexei Tartakovsky
11:50 am – Georgy Tchaidze

SESSION 2
3:00 pm – Nikita Mndoyants
4:20 pm – Yuanfan Yang

8:00 pm – Dan Tepfer at the Maltz Performing Arts Center

Repertory details are listed here.

Follow the live stream from Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art here.

View the contestants’ biographies here.

SECOND  ROUND

SESSION 5
10:30 am – Alexander Ullman
11:05 am – Jinhyung Park
11:40 am – Daria Kameneva
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12:25 pm – Maddalena Giacopuzzi
12:55 pm – Tomoki Sakata

SESSION 6
3:00 pm – Karim Said
3:35 pm – Oxana Shevchenko
4:10 pm – Tomer Gewirtzman
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5:00 pm – Emanuel Rimoldi
5:35 pm – Reed Tetzoff

7:00 pm – Announcement of 8 semifinalists

8:00 pm – Anderson and Roe at the Maltz Performing Arts Center

Repertory details are listed here.

Follow the live stream from Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art here.

View the contestants’ biographies here.

10:30 am – Film: Living the Classical Life, hosted by Zsolt Bognár. Conversations with Stephen Hough & Marc-André Hamelin. Cleveland Museum of Art – Lecture Hall.

SECOND  ROUND

SESSION 3
1:00 pm – Sara Daneshpour
1:35 pm – Joo Hyeon Park
2:10 pm – Aleksandr Shaikin
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3:05 pm – Samson Tsoy
3:40 pm – Yuanfan Yang

SESSION 4
7:00 pm – Vijay Venkatesh
7:35 pm – Leonardo Colafelice
8:15 pm – Yutong Sun
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9:05 pm – Dinara Klinton
9:35 pm – Jong Hai Park

Repertory details are listed here.

Follow the live stream from Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art here.

View the contestants’ biographies here.